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13Consume{H8761)} them in wrath, consume{H8761)} them, that they may not be: and let them know{H8799)} that God ruleth{H8802)} in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
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That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-17)David here encourages himself, in reference to the threatening power of his enemies, with a pious resolution to wait upon God and a believing expectation that he should yet praise him. I. He resolves to wait upon God (Ps. 59:9): “ Because of his strength ” (either the strength of his enemies, the fear of which drove him to God, or because of God’s strength, the hope of which drew him to God) “ Wil…
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